Market survey of Income generation activities and Vocational skills

Livelihood Project, Handicap International Sierra Leone

1.Village Profile:

[Information collected through village/town authorities/local villagers]

1.01 / Name of the Village:
1.02 / Location: / Chiefdom: ______
District: ______
1.03 / Total Population/Households: / No: ______Population/Households
1.04 / Number of PWD in the village: / Male: ______Female: ______Total:______
1.05 / Major profession (economic activities)
of the villagers: / a. ______
b. ______
c. ______
1.06 / Accessibility to local townships:
1.08 / What are the months when accessibility becomes difficult: / From: ______To: ______
From: ______To: ______
1.09 / Why accessibility becomes difficult?
1.10 / Is there scheduled market days/Trade fairs in the village / ______
What days? ______
How frequently? ______week/Month
1.11 / Which are the market places nearer to the village? / a. ______Distance ______km
b. ______Distance ______km
c. ______Distance ______Km
1.12 / Total number of small business owners/Households in the village: / ______Businesses/Households
1.13 / Is there any businesses or enterprises that employ local villagers? / No of businesses/Enterprises: ______
No of total villagers employed: ______
1.14 / Is there any collective or group enterprise in the village?
1.15 / What type of enterprise? And for how long? / Type: ______Length ______
Type: ______Length ______
Type: ______Length ______
1.16 / Who are involved into this activity? / Total members: ______Male: ______Female: ______
1.17 / Is there any DPO in the village? / Type ______
Total membership:______
Type: ______
Total membership: ______
1.18 / Do you have mobile network coverage in your village? If yes; Which of the mobile companies?
  1. Micro-business profile of individual

[Information collected through individual interview]

2.01 / Name of the business owner: / Name:
Gender: Male: ______Female: ______
Age: ______years
2.02 / Household members: / Male: ______Female: ______Total: ______
2.03 / Number of dependent members. / Male: ______Female: ______Total: ______
2.04 / Does the household have any disabled person? / Male: ______Female: ______Age: ______
2.05 / Type of business activity
2.06 / Length of the business activity / ______Months/years
2.07 / Have you been doing the same business all along?
If not, explain why did you change your business activity?
2.08 / Where the business is operated? / (a)Done in the homestead area
(b) Done within the village/community area
(c)Done in the nearby market:
(d)Done in any other area:
2.09 / How much capital is invested in the business? / ______Leones
2.10 / How much of the capital is owned by the owner? / ______Leones
2.11 / How many customers are there in the village? / ______Persons (approx)
2.12 / Is there any other similar business in the village? / Yes____ No____
If yes, How many? ______
2.13 / Do you have any sort of difficulties with those businesses? / Explain:
2.14 / What are bad times or months for your business? / From: ______To: ______
Explain why? ______
______
2.15 / How often do you re-stock your business items or inventories? / ------a week/month
2.16 / Where do you procure/buy your stock?
2.17 / Do you have difficulty in procuring/buying your stock? / Explain :
2.18 / How do you calculate your profit from the business?
2.19 / How often do you calculate your profit from your business?
2.20 / Have you ever faced or experienced a loss in your business? When? And why? / Explain:
2.21 / Do you have competitors in this village or town? How many of them? / Explain:
2.22 / Do you have any difficulty from these competitors? / Explain:
2.23 / What constraints normally you face in doing business before and now? / Before:
Now:
2.24 / How you think you can overcome those constraints? / Explain:
2.25 / Did you receive any training for managing your business? / Yes _____ No______
If yes, what type of training and how long?
2.26 / What sort of skill do you consider for you to develop to do your business better?
2.27 / What is your monthly income? / From the business: ______Leones
From other sources: ______Leones
2.28 / Do you normally borrow monies from others for the expenses of your family/household? / Why? ______
How frequently? ______
How do you repay? ______

3.Vocational skills Survey

[Information collected through group discussions with representatives from

Villagers, local entrepreneurs, business owners and DPOs]

3.01 / What type of vocational skills is available in the village? / 1.
4.
5.
3.02 / How many of the villagers have such skills? / 1. ______number
2. ______number
3. ______number
4. ______number
5. ______number
3.03 / From where they received such skills? / Within village :______
Outside village :______
Vocational Training Centre: ______
3.04 / How long it took for them to acquire such skills? /
  1. ______months/years
  2. ______months/years
  3. ______months/years
  4. ______months/years
  5. ______months/years

3.05 / Are they using such skills through: / (a)Self-employment
(b)Employed in the village or community
(c)Employed elsewhere
3.06 / Which of these existing skills still have demands and can be further replicated in the village or in nearby communities? / Type:
1.______
2.______
3.______
4.______
3.07 / Why could these skills be replicated in the village or in the nearby communities? / Reasons:
1.______
2.______
3.______
4.______
3.08 / How many of the villagers are not using the skills they have acquired?
No: ______/ Type of skills:
1.______
2.______
3.______
4.______
3.09 / Why are they not using these skills? / Reasons:
1.______
2.______
3.______
4.______
3.10 / What type of entrepreneurship or vocational skills is not available in the village but have good potentials in this village/community?
Explain the reasons why they might be potential in your community/village? / (1)______
(2) ______
(3) ______
(4) ______
(5) ______
(6) ______
(1)______
(2)______
(3)______
(4)______
(5) ______
(6) ______
3.11 / If such skills are provided, do they have potentials to produce: / (a)Self-employment in the village or community?
(b)Employment in the village?
(c)Employment some where else?
3.12 / Who are the most successful business owners/entrepreneurs in the village? /
  1. ______
  2. ______
  3. ______
What are the areas of their expertise:
1-______
2-______
3-______
3.13 / Is there anybody in the village who is interested to learn and use such skills from these successful business owners/entrepreneurs? / Name: ______Age:______YrsName: ______Age: ______YrsName: ______Age:______YrsName: ______Age:______YrsName: ______Age:______YrsName: ______Age:______YrsName: ______Age:______YrsName: ______Age:______YrsName: ______Age:______YrsName: ______Age:______Yrs

4. Vocational skills Training

[Information collected through interview with the management of

VocationalTraining Centers]

4.01 / Name of the Vocational Training Center:
4.02 / Location/Address:
4.03 / Year established:
4.04 / Legal status: / License No: ______Date: ______
Registration No: ______Date: ______
4.05 / Name of the contact person, and Designation: / ______
Designation ______
4.06 / Contact Telephone number:
4.07 / Types of skills training offered, duration and costs of each training course:
Type:
1. ______
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
5. ______
6. ______
7. ______/ Duration______Cost (Le) ______
Duration______Cost (Le) ______
Duration ______Cost (Le) ______
Duration ______Cost (Le) ______
Duration ______Cost (Le) ______
Duration ______Cost (Le) ______
Duration ______Cost (Le) ______
4.08 / What is the starting month of each of the training courses:
4.09 / Do you offer or arrange apprenticeship courses for your participants? / In which areas: ______
______
______
______
______
Normally for how long? _
______
4.10 / How many students are graduated annually in each trade? / (1)______No ______
(2) ______No ______
(3) ______No ______
(4) ______No ______
(5) ______No ______
(6) ______No ______
4.11 / How many technical staff do you have at this centre? / Male______Female ______Total ______
4.12 / How many full-time and part-time trainers do you have at this centre? / Male ______Female ______Total ______
4.13 / Are the courses running for a full week or not?
4.14 / Do your center have syllabus for the courses offered?
4.15 / What are the numbers of equipments you have for each skill? / Type:
1. ______No. ______
2. ______No. ______
3. ______No. ______
4. ______No.______
5. ______No. ______
6. ______No. ______
7. ______No. ______
8.______No. ______
9.______No. ______
4.16 / How do you evaluate the efficiency of the trainers during the training program? / Explain:

5. Training Approach

[Information collected through interview with the Development

Organizationsand Training service providers]

5.01 / Name of the organization/Training Service provider
5.02 / In case of organization, does it implement business development activities? / Location: ______
How long: ______
Who are beneficiaries? ______
______
5.03 / What are different types of training do you provide to your beneficiaries, especially for the small business owners?
What is the duration of these training sessions? /
  1. ______
  2. ______
  3. ______
  4. ______
  5. ______
  6. ______
  1. ______
  2. ______
  3. ______
  4. ______
  5. ______
  6. ______

5.04 / Normally, where do you organize or conduct your training sessions?
5.05 / What training methods do you use for the beneficiary training, especially for the small business owners?
5.06 / Which of the languages do you normally use to communicate to clients during training sessions?
5.07 / How do you develop your training modules for the small business owners?
5.08 / Do you actually follow any particular training approach or modules developed and recommended by other Development Organizations (Like, ILO, SEEP etc)?
5.08 / What training materials generally, you use during delivery of training to participants? / 1. ______
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
5. ______
5.09 / Which you consider, are the most priority areas in planning and developing your training modules? /
  1. ______
  2. ______
  3. ______
  4. ______
  5. ______

5.10 / How often do you conduct training for your beneficiaries/participants?
5.11 / What are the challenges normally you face while delivering training to your target beneficiaries/participants? /
  1. ______
______
  1. ______
______
  1. ______
______
  1. ______
______
  1. ______
______
5.12 / What is the best suitable time that the villagers will find convenient for them to attend the training?
5.13 / What different circumstances will influence your decision about selection of training courses during the program?

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